[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 2210 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2210

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
 To designate the community living center of the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the 
      ``Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) Sergeant Joseph George Kusick of Bruin, Pennsylvania, was 
    assigned to the command and control detachment of the 5th Special 
    Forces Group (Airborne) of the Army during the Vietnam War.
        (2) On November 8, 1967, Kusick distinguished himself by 
    exceptionally valorous actions while serving as a radio operator of 
    a special forces reconnaissance team on a combat mission deep in 
    hostile territory.
        (3) During an enemy ambush, Kusick, though seriously wounded, 
    refused aid and radioed the forward air controller to advise him of 
    the critical situation.
        (4) While the team leader led a withdrawal to a landing zone, 
    Kusick maintained contact with the controller and requested 
    emergency extraction.
        (5) Realizing the importance of having a radio operator on the 
    ground to direct landings, Kusick refused evacuation by the first 
    helicopter.
        (6) After the second helicopter was shot down, and in the midst 
    of enemy fire, Kusick continued to maintain radio contact and 
    called for a hoist extraction of the men still remaining on the 
    ground.
        (7) The last helicopter, which Kusick boarded, was shot down by 
    intense Viet Cong fire and crashed in flames, resulting in Kusick's 
    death.
        (8) On December 22, 1967, Kusick was posthumously awarded the 
    Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action.
        (9) The citation to accompany the award of the Silver Star 
    Medal stated that ``Kusick's gallantry in action, at the cost of 
    his life, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the 
    military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, 
    and the United States Army''.
SEC. 2. SERGEANT JOSEPH GEORGE KUSICK VA COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER.
    (a) Designation.--The community living center of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, shall 
after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as 
the ``Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the community 
living center referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the ``Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living 
Center''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.